- select topis of personal interest
- Students keep log of their action, thoughts, & feelings as they move through process
- meaningful projects (goal)
Big 6
Developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz (information literacy educators)
Other names: Information Literacy
Information Communication
ICT Skills
Benefits of The Big 6 from Eisenberg
"The Big6 information literacy skills can help your students in the following ways:
make sure you clearly understand the assignment
complete a task, research project, assignment, or decision-making activity
discuss the information process using specific terms
know if you missed a step in the information process, and identify which one
self-assess your work before you turn it in for review or grading
recognize credible information and cite sources
break any assignment into manageable parts and build confidence."
Big 6 (cont.)
Findings demonstrate that a standards-based, inquiry science curriculum can lead to standardized achievement test gains in historically underserved urban students, when the curriculum is highly specified, developed, and aligned with professional development and administrative support.
6 Stages with 2 Sub Stages Each : 1. Task Definition - define problem, identify info needed
2. Information Seeking - find possible sources, then select the best sources
3. Location/Access - locate sources (intellectually & physically), find info within source
4. Use of Information - engage, extract relevant info
5. Synthesis - organize mult. sources, present info
6. Evaluation - judge product, judge process
Information Search Process (ISP) About: holistic learning
incorporates students experiences
experiences must be clearly understood by teachers & librarian
utilizes student point of view
student perception
uses thoughts, actions, feelings over extened period of time
Great Quote about ISP " using ISP, librarians foster positive, lasting research practices" (Mortimore, 4)
ISP Stages with Corresponding One-Shot Instruction Session Modules (Mortimore, 6) * the example below comes from Figure I by Mortimore
1. Task Initiation - Getting your Assignment
2. Topic Selection - Selecting your topic
3. Prefocus Exploration - finding your focus
4. Focus info - finding focus
5. Info collection - digging in
6. Search Closure - putting it all together
Mortimore, Jeffrey M. "Making Research Make Sense: Guiding College Students Into Information Literacy Through The Information Search Process." Southeastern Librarian 58.3 (2010): 3-13. Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 1 Mar. 2013.
Sabrina's Notes for research on various Research and Inquiry Models
Home Page for Persuasive Presentation
Notes on various Inquiry and Research Modules
I-Search (information obtained from Callison)
- select topis of personal interest- Students keep log of their action, thoughts, & feelings as they move through process
- meaningful projects (goal)
Big 6
Information Communication
ICT Skills
"The Big6 information literacy skills can help your students in the following ways:
Findings demonstrate that a standards-based, inquiry science curriculum can lead to standardized achievement test gains in historically underserved urban students, when the curriculum is highly specified, developed, and aligned with professional development and administrative support.
6 Stages with 2 Sub Stages Each : 1. Task Definition - define problem, identify info needed
2. Information Seeking - find possible sources, then select the best sources
3. Location/Access - locate sources (intellectually & physically), find info within source
4. Use of Information - engage, extract relevant info
5. Synthesis - organize mult. sources, present info
6. Evaluation - judge product, judge process
About: holistic learning
incorporates students experiences
experiences must be clearly understood by teachers & librarian
utilizes student point of view
student perception
uses thoughts, actions, feelings over extened period of time
1. Task Initiation
2. Topic Selection
3. Prefocus Exploration
4. Focus information
5.information collection
6.search closure
Great Quote about ISP " using ISP, librarians foster positive, lasting research practices" (Mortimore, 4)
1. Task Initiation - Getting your Assignment
2. Topic Selection - Selecting your topic
3. Prefocus Exploration - finding your focus
4. Focus info - finding focus
5. Info collection - digging in
6. Search Closure - putting it all together
Works Cited.
Bond, Trevor. "Information Literacy Models." Information Literacy Models. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2013. http://ictnz.com/infolitmodels.htm.
Callison, Danny. "I-SEARCH." Virtual Information Inquiry:. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2013. http://virtualinquiry.com/inquiry/isearch.htm.
Eisenberg, Michael B., and Robert E. Berkowitz. "What Is the Big6?" About. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2013. http://big6.com/pages/about.php.
"Information Search Process: A Summary of Research and Implications for School Library Media Programs."American Library Association. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. <http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/editorschoiceb/infopower/slctkuhlthau2>.
Mortimore, Jeffrey M. "Making Research Make Sense: Guiding College Students Into Information Literacy Through The Information Search Process." Southeastern Librarian 58.3 (2010): 3-13. Library Literature & Information Science Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 1 Mar. 2013.
"Information Search Process: A Summary of Research and Implications for School Library Media Programs." American Library Association. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Mar. 2013. <http://www.ala.org/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/editorschoiceb/infopower/slctkuhlthau2>.